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May 4, 2008, Sunday

Almost a thousand new human genes have been discovered in the human genome by scientists who have decoded the genome of a very distant relative, the fugu, or puffer fish. As many as three-quarters of the fish's genes have direct human...

July 26, 2002, Friday

Gamblers Aid Science They say a good man is hard to find; good data fall into the same category. Since good science needs good data, scientists will take it wherever they can find it. It can be found in some odd places.

For those who like to live dangerously, Kozue in the Park Hyatt in Tokyo has an all-fugu menu through March. Fugu, or blowfish, has toxic glands; it can be prepared only by specially licensed chefs, like Kenichiro Ooe of Kozue. The menu ($170, at 110...

For countless centuries, one of the greatest and costliest Japanese delicacies has been fugu, or pufferfish. It is renowned for the possibility that it will leave the diner flopping on the floor, gasping for breath, and soon as dead as the fish...

June 10, 1996, Monday

"WE don't really want people to find us," Masa Takayama said of Ginza Sushiko, his exclusive sushi bar and restaurant. No problem. Even though he has just moved it from a remote mini-mall in midtown Los Angeles to superchic 2 Rodeo Drive, Sushiko...

ON Monday night at the Feast of Many Moons, an Asian food festival to benefit Citymeals-on-Wheels, the early bird got the fugu. The fugu, a rarely served Japanese fish that can be fatal when eaten unless it is cleaned and prepared properly, was the...

LEAD: In a country where paranoia about pesticides and such is not to be sniffed at, a fish named fugu may soon be smelling like a rose. Funny thing, that, because eating fugu, until recently served only in Japan, is a lot like playing Russian...

April 5, 1989, Wednesday

To the Editor: The article on "One Man's Fugu is Another's Poison" by Steve Lohr (Travel, Nov. 29) was riveting. The more scientific of your readers who might be attracted to this culinary form of Russian roulette might also appreciate the...